In case it wasn’t clear in Martin’s earlier post, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton did in fact introduce the D.C. Voting Rights Bill in the House earlier today, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah introduced the same legislation in the Senate. The AP has a brief report about the action, and over at City Desk, editor Erik Wemple is doing the hero’s work of live-blogging the Senate proceedings via C-SPAN 2. No senator has bothered to come forward to say anything about the voting rights bill so far (since it was introduced by Sen. Lieberman — you can download his full remarks here), but Robert Byrd did read a lengthy, rambling statement about the history of the U.S. Senate. Opening day Senate proceedings are something of hoot, aren’t they?